SECTION XXXIV. GROWING FLOWERS 



MOST of the plants found in the flower garden may be 

 classed either as (i) shrubs, (2) bulbs and tubers, or (3) herbs. 

 The shrubs are all per- 

 ennial and so are most 

 of the plants growing 

 from bulbs and tubers. 

 Flowering herbs may be 

 either annual, biennial, 

 or perennial. As a rule 

 perennial plants furnish 

 the earliest flowers, for 

 they have laid up in their 

 roots, stems, or bulbs a 

 supply of food intended 

 to hasten the growth of 

 the new flowers. 



Shrubs. Most culti- 

 vated shrubs can be in- 

 creased by means of 

 cuttings or by suckers 

 from the old roots. Shrubs require less care than smaller 

 plants and endure for many years. 



There are roses of very many colors, and they are 

 among the most beautiful of cultivated flowers. Roses 

 are grown from cuttings, which are started either out of 



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Courtesy Minn. Expt. Station 



FIG. 129. WASHINGTON'S FLOWER 

 GARDEN AT MT. VERNON 



